The Shadow was retiring in the face of formidable odds.
Agents with ten years' experience have done much less well in the face of considerably weaker odds.
All he wants to do is get back on the ice and play competitive hockey in the face of long odds.
Murray and I'd always encouraged each other on in the face of overwhelming odds.
"But why will they not surrender in the face of overwhelming odds?"
Who wouldn't feel trigger-happy in the face of odds like these?
An America that takes great risks in the face of greater odds.
It represents that we can keep our heads up in the face of really tough odds.
Not drawing completely dead, but chasing a draw in the face of poor odds.
His way had always been to fight in the face of impossible odds.